Weavile is a bluish-black bipedal weasel-like Pokémon with a bright red crown and collar. Weavile has two tails and three claws on each paw. The red earfeathersthatmakeupthiscrown is smalleronafemale Weavile. It isadeptwithattackingmovesandisveryfast, agile, and athletic.

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Weavile is a bipedal, weasel-like Pokemon with a bluish black body and several feathery areas. It has a bright red crown and collar made of wide feathers, and a single, thinner feather on each ear. The ear feathers are smaller on a female Weavile. Weavile has two tail feathers and three claws on each paw. There is a yellow, ovular marking in the center of its forehead. Its eyes are red withthreeeyelashes,andfourfangsprotrude from its upper jaw. Weavile is deviousandintelligent.It usually lives in cold, icy areas where it forms small packs. A pack of Weavile uses teamwork to take down its prey. It cancommunicateintheformofcarvingpatternson trees, ice and boulders.

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Weavile is very snide. Though it flourishes in packs of its kind, it shows little to no remorse, respect, and/or mercy to its fellow Weavile. It can also communicate in the form of carving patterns on trees, ice and boulders; because of this, it is crucial that they hunt and live in areas that can benefit their abilities. Weavile has very perplexing relationships with another which researchers still study. Though Weavile are naturally hostile and cold, they are compatible with any {{pkmn|Trainer}} nonetheless. With this in mind, however, many experienced Trainers believe a Weavile cannot fight at its peak without a matching Trainer that complements Weavile's natural behavior.

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Packs of Weavile love to live in cold habitats. Weavile are rare in most other areas because of this, though they are quite common in icy areas. Weavile seem to prosper in tree-filled areas. Researchers believe this to be because Weavile's living habitat revolves around their ability to hunt and steal eggs. They love snowy areas because of their ability to deceive their prey in the snow.

Biology

Weavile is a bipedal, weasel-like Pokemon with a bluish black body and several feathery areas. It has a bright red crown and collar made of wide feathers, and a single, thinner feather on each ear. The ear feathers are smaller on a female Weavile. Weavile has two tail feathers and three claws on each paw. There is a yellow, ovular marking in the center of its forehead. Its eyes are red with three eyelashes, and four fangs protrude from its upper jaw. Weavile is devious and intelligent. It usually lives in cold, icy areas where it forms small packs. A pack of Weavile uses teamwork to take down its prey. It can communicate in the form of carving patterns on trees, ice and boulders.

In the TCG

Other appearances

When Weavile is released from a Poké Ball, it dashes from side to side and uses False Swipe. It also dazes the opponent.

Trophy Information

"A Sharp Claw Pokémon. The crown on its head resembles a fully opened folding fan. Its sharp, hooked claws and outstanding speed are its most memorable features. It's one of the Pokémon that can be expected to perform well in the front lines of a battle. There are many Trainers who teach it the TM False Swipe and travel with it to catch rare Pokémon."

Origin

Weavile may be based on cats and weasels, but it also seems to draw inspiration from 鎌鼬 kamaitachi, weasel demons with sickles on their front legs. It can also be based on black cat demons from both Western and Asian culture that have various backgrounds but are all known for their trickery and cunning. Its appearance seems to be based on old Egyptian fashion, as it "wears" a headdress, collar, and earrings similar to what Egyptian deities wear. Its "eyeshadow" also resembles Egyptian makeup.
It is possible that Weavile has some influence from Bastet or Sekhmet in its design, being somewhat feline based, and having a very Egyptian style and garb. In addition, both these deities were famous for using their claws in warfare. It also bears slight resemble to Inca stone idols.

Name origin

Weavile may be a combination of weasel and vile.

Manyula is a combination of 魔 ma (demon), 潜入 sennyū (sneaking in), and 鼬 yū (weasel, an alternate reading of itachi). Nyu itself may be a combination of ニャー nya (the sound a cat makes) and 鼬 yū.